topic:"landscape" found 11 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Avalanche Slope

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Date: 1955 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.02

Description: tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.

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Artist: Rick Nicholas de Grandmaison (1932 – 1985, Canadian)

Title: Avalanche Slope

Date: 1955 – 1970

Medium: oil on masonite

Dimensions: 120.0 x 120.00 cm

Description: tlc and along top is a cloudy sky, below that is a mountain face. The slope runs tr to bl. The mountain has a long expanse of white from tr to bl interspersed with trees and shadows. Stylized tree forms all along bottom edge.

Subject: Canadian Rockies; landscape; winter

Credit: Gift of John P. Crabb, Winnipeg, 1995

Catalogue Number: DgO.02.02

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Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Burial of Chief David Bearspaw

Date: 1956

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 61.8 x 74.5 cm

Description: Colour: primaries and secondaries on blue grey background. A circle of people fill the center of the canvas. In the foreground there are dogs and three crosses at lower left. Two thirds up in the distance is a mountain range and lake. Above is sky.

Subject: landscape; Canadian Rockies; mountain; winter; figure; group; religious; funeral; Peter Whyte

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.02.030

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Man Leading Horse

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light comin…

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Artist: John Lefthand Jr.

Title: Man Leading Horse

Date: 1950 – 1970

Medium: oil on canvas board

Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm

Description: Man dressed in brown and wearing a hat is opening a gate, leading a brown horse, saddled with a large yellow bedroll. The foreground is snow, green spruce trees to the left a leaning to the right, it appears windy. The horse's tail is blowing as is the man's scarf. A house with a yellow light coming from a window is to the center right of picture. The sky is gray/blue, some yellow clouds on the horizon. Three mountain peaks in center right of picture.

Subject: landscape; winter; animal, horse; figure, male

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979

Catalogue Number: LeJ.02.02

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Mount Lefroy from Beehive

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Date: 1955 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.118

Description: Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.

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Artist: Peter Whyte (1905 – 1966, Canadian)

Title: Mount Lefroy from Beehive

Date: 1955 – 1960

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Description: Colour: pale blue, yellow, green. A single peak can be seen in the distance between two larch trees in the foreground. On the right side is a shorter larch tree and a mountain ridge in he distance.

Subject: landscape; mountain; Canadian Rockies; winter

Credit: Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1968

Catalogue Number: WyP.01.118

Notes: Artistry Revealed: Peter Whyte, Catharine Robb Whyte and Their Contemporaries; June 17, 2018 to October 21, 2018

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Photo, Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada

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Artist: Robert E Von Sternberg (1939 – , American)

Date: 2009

Medium: photograph on paper

Catalogue Number: VsR.18.02

Description: Photograph taken at Columbia Icefield in Alberta, Canada. In this image, a woman in a red jacket holds a camera, behind her are four large transit vehicles for Columbia Icefield. Mountains can be seen in the background.

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Artist: Robert E Von Sternberg (1939 – , American)

Title: Photo, Columbia Icefield, Alberta, Canada

Date: 2009

Medium: photograph on paper

Dimensions: 28.0 x 42.0 cm

Description: Photograph taken at Columbia Icefield in Alberta, Canada. In this image, a woman in a red jacket holds a camera, behind her are four large transit vehicles for Columbia Icefield. Mountains can be seen in the background.

Subject: landscape; Columbia Icefield; tourism; snow; winter; ice; mountain; glacier; Canada; nature

Credit: Gift of Robert E Von Sternberg, Malibu, USA, 2018

Catalogue Number: VsR.18.02

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Snow on Higher Meadows

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Date: 2000

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Catalogue Number: GuR.12.01

Description: A landscape acrylic painting on canvas board. Painting is of a winter mountain landscape. Faint mountain peaks are in background with scattered trees amongst the snow. Piles of rocks are breaking through snow. In the foreground a pile of rocks with two thin trees are on the right hand side. Slight …

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Artist: Robert Guest (1938 – 2017, Canadian)

Title: Snow on Higher Meadows

Date: 2000

Medium: acrylic on canvas board

Dimensions: 39.3 x 59.3 cm

Description: A landscape acrylic painting on canvas board. Painting is of a winter mountain landscape. Faint mountain peaks are in background with scattered trees amongst the snow. Piles of rocks are breaking through snow. In the foreground a pile of rocks with two thin trees are on the right hand side. Slight wind blowing snow across scene. Colour palette of primarily blue-grey, white and brown. Artist signature left of center. Au verso several stickers and artist’s notes written in black pen. Sticker at middle left, yellow with black printing, “ CAUTION! HELP AVOID FADING: Display original artwork out of direct sunlight or other strong light, and away from heat or moist conditions!” Sticker middle right, white with black printing, “THIS PAINTING HAS BEEN DONATED TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE CANADIAN ROCKIES AT BANFF. IT IS A GIFT FROM THE ARTIST, ROBERT GUEST OF GRANDE CACHE. 2012.” Sticker bottom left, white with black printing and image of mountain with three black birds flying, “ Robert C. Guest, BFA, B Ed GRANDE CACHE COUNTRY P.O. Box 1784, Grande Cache, Alberta, Canada T0E 0Y0 Ph: (403) 827-2346”. Lower middle right sticker, blue with black print, see artist bio. Center, handwritten in black ink, “ Title “SNOW ON THE HIGHER MEADOWS” Artist R.GUEST. JUNE 15, 2000 NOT A COPY! FROM SKETCHES. Medium ACRYLIC PAINT WITH GEL TEXTURE SIGNATURE R.GUEST/ 000 Date “SUMMER OF 2000”. Stamp in black at bottom right, “ADAMS CREEK LOOKOUT FOOTHILLS DISTRICT GRANDE CACHE ALBERTA”